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bodies is 3 krošas, 2 krosas and 1 krosa respectively. So we conclude that in avasarpini, the number of ribs decreases as the time passes. And so at the present time we possess only twelve ribs.
Tandulaveyāliya-payannā and Pravacana-sāroddhāra give details of human biology of the present time. There are twelve ribs. They arise from the twelve joints of the back-bone of human body and joining to the breast-bone, they form a cage. There are also six half-ribs hanging on each side of the back-bone. Technically they are called katäha. Without any bone, a tongue is seven angulas long and its weight is 4 palas. The weight of each cornea is 2 palas. There are four parts of skull, each is called kapala. The weight of flesh, in the cavity of the chest-cage, perhaps lung, is 3.5 palas, while the heart's weight is 25 palas. There
s Commentary on Brhat Samgrahani-sutra, verses 3 & 4.
Loka-prakasa, Part III, sarga 29, verses 178, 276, 277, 284. Tandulaveyaliya-payanna, pp. 26A.
Kalasaptatika-prakarana, verse 10. 6 auso : anupuvvenam attharassa ya pittha karandaga sandhio barasa pamsaliya karanda
chppamsulie kadahe...cau paliya jibbha dupaliyani acchini cau kavalam siram.. sattumgulia jiha addhutthapaliyam hiyayam panavisam palaim kalijjam do anta panca vama pannatta tam jaha thulam te ya 1 tanuyamte ya 2 tatthanam je se thulamte tena uccare parinamai tattha nam je se tanuyam te tenam pasavane parinamai.. auso i imammi sarirae satthi sandhisayam..sattasirasayaim...auso i imammi sarirae satthi sirasayam nabhippabhavanam uddhagamini nam...auso i imammi sarirae satthi sirasayam nabhippabhavanam ahogamini nam...auso ! imammi sarirae satthi sirasayam navipypabhavanam tiriyagamininam..auso i imassa jantussa satthisira sayam nabhippabhavanam ahogamini nam gudapаvitthanam..auso i imassa jantussa panavisam sirao pittadharinio panavisam sirao simvadharinio dasa sirao sukkadharinio satta sira sayaim purisassa tisunaim ithiyae bisunaim pandagassa...-Tandulaveyaliya-payanna, pp. 35-36A. attharasapithikarandayassa sandhiu hunti dehammi barasapamsuliya karandaya iham taha ccha pansulie 68 hoi kadahe sattumgulaim jiha palai puna cauro acchiu do palaim siram tu bhaniyam caukavalam 69 addhuttha palam hiyayam.. kalejjayam tu samae panavisa palaim nidittham 70 antai donni ihayam patteam panca panca vamao satthisayam sandhinam....72 satthisayam tu siranam nabhippahavana siramuvagayanam... sathasayam annana vi sirana 'hogaminina taha.. avarana gudapаvitthana hoi sattham sayam taha siranam .. tiriyagamana siranam satthasayam hoi avaranam 76 ..panavisam simbhadharanio 77 tai pittadharinio panavisam daşa ya sukkadharanio iya satta sirasayaim nabhippabhavaim purisassa 78 tisunaim itthina visahinaim humti samdhassa...
---Pravacana-sarodhara, p. 402.
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